Re: Taxes:
Just to be clear, your income alone does NOT make you wealthy--the value of your assets does. In fact, increasing the tax rate for high income earners prevents them from becoming wealthy because it takes away money that they would otherwise spend on accumulating wealth. So when we talk about taxing the "wealthy", let's all be clear that the taxes need to hit the truly wealthy, e.g., estate tax increase, capital gains tax increase, corporate entity tax increase, etc. This is where the Trump/GOP plan is twisted -- it specifically targets high income earners with low wealth, to prevent them from rising above the middle class.
It is even worse when you get married and have to file jointly - because then either your or your partner's entire income will be taxed at the highest possible rate, rather than passing through the lower rates. Adding in childcare (which your high income prevents you from claiming as a credit), you have to do some serious soul searching regarding whether or not it is worth it for both of you to work.
But regardless, when we talk about progressive taxes, let's focus less on high income earners, and more on high worth wealthy people.